HB2785 - Relating to the display of certain information on the secretary of state's Internet website prior to the completion of an online voter registration application.

  89R12120 JDK-D     By: Garcia of Dallas, Shaheen, Bucy, Plesa H.B. No. 2785       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the display of certain information on the secretary of   state's Internet website prior to the completion of an online voter   registration application.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 31.016, Election Code, is amended by   adding Subsections (f) and (g) to read as follows:           (f)     If the secretary of state adopts a procedure for the   completion of a voter registration application on the secretary of   state's Internet website, on completion of the voter registration   application, the Internet website must display a message requiring   the applicant to electronically acknowledge that:                 (1)     completion of the voter registration application   does not constitute registration to vote; and                 (2)     a completed voter registration application must be   submitted to the applicable voter registrar.           (g)     The message required under Subsection (f) must appear in   a format that prevents further interaction with the web page until   the applicant executes the acknowledgement.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.